Air Force: Manpower

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the  (a) required and  (b) actual number of pilots for each aircraft type in the RAF is.

Bill Rammell: The information requested is provided in the following table:
	
		
			  Aircraft type  Required  Actual 
			 C130J 133 130 
			 C130K 73 79 
			 VC10 64 51 
			 TriStar 48 46 
			 C17A 53 46 
			 HS125 17 16 
			 BAel46 10 7 
			 GR4 134 129 
			 Typhoon 60 68 
			 F3 23 30 
			 Harrier 48 48 
			 Nimrod MR2 58 46 
			 Nimrod R1 10 10 
			 Sentinel R1 21 14 
			 E3D 32 28 
			 KingAir 32 27 
			 Dominie 15 9 
			 Tutor 31 46 
			 Tucano 50 47 
			 Hawk 97 84 
			 Puma 96 85 
			 Chinook 101 93 
			 Merlin 75 64 
			 Squirrel 18 16 
			 SeaKing 89 74 
			 Griffin 22 23 
			 Augusta 109 5 5 
			 Predator 8 8 
			 Reaper 14 11 
			 Islander 7 7 
			 Total 1,348 1,347

Korean War: Anniversaries

James Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many veterans he expects to attend the commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the ceasefire in the Korean War on 27 July 2010; and if he will make arrangements to facilitate their attendance through  (a) financial support and  (b) other means.

Kevan Jones: The end of the Korean war is due to be commemorated in 2013, the 60th( )anniversary of the armistice. It is too early to say how this anniversary might be officially marked or indeed how many might attend. My officials have been in contact with the Korean Veterans Association who are content that the commemorations should take place in 2013.

Members: Correspondence

Michael Spicer: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 14 April 2009 on Trident (reference: MC01616/2009).

Bill Rammell: My predecessor replied to the hon. Member on 8 May 2009.

Royal Family: Travel

Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2009,  Official Report, column 396W, on transport: Royal Family, if he will specify that  (a) scheduled flights and  (b) timetabled railway services should be used for journeys by members of the Royal Family funded from his Department's budget.

Paul Clark: holding answer 12 June 2009
	Decisions on air and rail travel arrangements for Members of the Royal Family are taken by the Royal Travel Office and Royal Household on a case-by-case basis as they must be judged on consideration of safety and security requirements, obtaining the best value for money, time-efficiency, the visit requirements, the avoidance of disruption to the public, the environment, and the appropriateness for the visit in question.

Councillors

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2009,  Official Report, column 423-4W, on councillors, for what reasons the Audit Commission decided to collect data on all local councillors during its next scheduled exercise; and what assessment the Audit Commission made of the level of risk of fraud involving elected members prior to that decision.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: This is an operational matter for the Audit Commission, and I will ask the chief executive of the Audit Commission to write to the hon. Member direct.
	 Letter from Steve Bundred, dated 15 June 2009:
	Your Parliamentary Question has been passed to me for reply.
	Data on local councillors has been collected since 1998. During each cycle of the National Fraud Initiative, local authorities have been required to submit payroll data that includes salaries, wages and members allowances.
	Prior to 1998 and based on known frauds reported by audited bodies, pilot exercises were run to determine the value of data matching payroll within NFI. The pilot data was used to provide anomalies to audited bodies and as a result of their investigations they detected significant numbers of payroll and housing benefit frauds by public sector employees and elected members. Consequently payroll became a core element of the data used in NFI. The long standing principle of running pilots to assess the fraud risk in a dataset is enshrined in the Commission's Code of Data Matching Practice laid before Parliament in July 2008.
	Individual case studies and the total of frauds detected have been reported in the NFI national reports published at the end of each exercise and many have been covered by local and national media particularly where custodial sentences have resulted. Many local authorities have rightly adopted a zero tolerance approach to fraud and it is important that this is as robust with staff and elected members as it is with members of the public.
	A copy of this letter will be placed in Hansard.

Departmental Procurement

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar, of 23 June 2008,  Official Report, column 24W, on departmental procurement, if he will place in the Library a copy of the list of names and addresses of each organisation that supplied goods or services to his Department in 2008-09.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The information that has been requested has been deposited in the Library of the House.

Housing: Low Incomes

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn, Hatfield of 8usb May 2009,  Official Report, columns 448-9W, on housing: low incomes, how many households have moved into dwellings under the New Build Homebuy Scheme to date.

Ian Austin: The following table shows the number of initial sales recorded through the New Build Homebuy scheme since 1997-98, the earliest date for which New Build Homebuy is separately identified.
	
		
			   New Build Homeb uy initial sales 
			 1997-98 4,020 
			 1998-99 4,270 
			 1999-2000 3,740 
			 2000-01 3,190 
			 2001-02 3,370 
			 2002-03 3,780 
			 2003-04 4,200 
			 2004-05 5,820 
			 2005-06 7,540 
			 2006-07 10,340 
			 2007-08 11,490 
			  Source: Continuous Recording (CORE) returns to the Tenant Services Authority (TSA) from registered social landlords 
		
	
	It has been assumed that households responsible for initial sales of New Build Homebuy will take up residence.
	The figures cover the number of initial sales recorded on CORE, which is assumed to be the same number as the number of households moving into dwellings.
	CORE sales figures are only provided by RSLs with at least 250 units or bedspaces. RSLs with less units can complete the form, but it is not compulsory, so these figures may be under recording the number of New Build Homebuy sales.

Housing: Low Incomes

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2009,  Official Report, column 749W, on Homebuy schemes, what the cost of services related to the design of Homebuy brand logos was in each of the last three years.

John Healey: The cost of services related to the design of the Homebuy brand logo in the last financial year was £21,090 excluding VAT. The Department incurred no such costs in the previous years requested.

Local Government Finance

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 27 April 2009,  Official Report, column 1119W, on local government finance, for what reasons some local authorities received no funding in the most recent round of the local authority business growth incentive scheme.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Local authorities qualified for funding under the local authorities business growth incentives (LABGI) scheme when their business growth exceeded historic growth levels. When business growth did not exceed these levels, local authorities received no funding.

Regeneration: Coastal Areas

Mark Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Vale of Clwyd of 9 December 2008,  Official Report, columns 56-7W, on the coastal town network, on what dates the coastal towns network has met since October 2008.

Rosie Winterton: The Coastal Towns Network, which is led by the South East England Development Agency, has met twice since October 2008, on 22 January 2009 and 2 April 2009, with the next meeting planned for 28 July 2009.

Deportation: Children

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 6 May 2009,  Official Report, column 275W, on deportation: children, whether a race impact study has been undertaken of the expulsion from the UK of British citizen children accompanying a foreign parent subject to a removal enforcement process.

Phil Woolas: The UK Border Agency does not expel, remove or deport people who hold British citizenship, including the British citizen children of foreign nationals subject to the removal process; consequently no race impact study has been conducted.
	Arrangements can be made for a child with British citizenship to accompany a foreign national parent who is to be removed. However, this is strictly voluntary and dependent on the consent of all parties.
	UK-born children who are not British citizens can be detained and removed under Immigration Act powers.

Entry Clearances: Overseas Students

Mark Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 19 May 2009,  Official Report, column 1293W, on entry clearances: overseas students, whether the stipulated accreditation entities define the  (a) method and  (b) frequency with which assessments are undertaken.

Phil Woolas: holding answer 3 June 2009
	The definition of the method and frequency of educational institutions' assessment of students is not the responsibility of the UK Border Agency's approved accreditation bodies.
	The awarding bodies responsible for each recognised qualification set out the standards required to achieve the qualification, as well as the assessment methods that are appropriate for each particular qualification.

Immigration Controls: Fees and Charges

Mark Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 19 May 2009,  Official Report, column 1295W, on immigration controls, whether the charge for each certificate of sponsorship will be made in advance of a submission of a certificate.

Phil Woolas: holding answer 3 June 2009
	The payment for each certificate of sponsorship is taken before it can be released to a migrant to enable them to apply for a visa or further leave.

Immigration: Gurkhas

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of retired Gurkhas expected to settle in the UK following the High Court decision of 30 September 2008.

Phil Woolas: As a result of the High Court decision of 30 September 2008 the UK Border Agency issued revised guidance on 24 April 2009 for considering settlement applications from former Gurkhas. We estimated that approximately 10,000 former Gurkhas and their families would benefit from the new guidance and would be entitled to settle in the United Kingdom should they choose to do so. These estimates were based on an analysis of records held by the Ministry of Defence.
	On 21 May 2009 the Home Secretary announced that any former Gurkha with more than four years service who had been discharged from the Brigade of Gurkhas before 1 July 1997 would be eligible for settlement in the UK. We estimate that 36,000 former Gurkhas are now eligible to apply to come to the United Kingdom although we believe that not all of those would want to settle here.

Immigration: Gurkhas

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  how many legacy cases involving Gurkhas the UK Border Agency has;
	(2)  how many Gurkha legacy cases had been concluded by 31 May 2009.

Phil Woolas: Legacy cases are recorded by nationality. It is not possible to disaggregate the number of Nepalese cases that may involve Gurkhas without the examination of individual cases at disproportionate cost.

Members: Correspondence

Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he plans to reply to the letter of 11 November 2008 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms Safia Sher Wali Mamakhel.

Alan Johnson: My right hon. Friend the former Home Secretary (Jacqui Smith), wrote to the right hon. Member on 19 January 2009.

Members: Correspondence

Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he plans to reply to the letter of 12 February 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr. A Ur Rehman.

Alan Johnson: My right hon. Friend the former Home Secretary (Jacqui Smith) wrote to the right hon. Member on 6 April 2009.

Members: Correspondence

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he plans to reply to the letter of 21 April 2009 from the hon. Member for Billericay on his constituents Mr and Mrs Adedoyin (case reference M9615/9).

Phil Woolas: holding answer 3 June 2009
	The UK Border Agency replied to the hon. Member on 3 June 2009.

Parliamentary Questions: Government Responses

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (
	(1)  when he plans to provide a substitution answer to question 265844, on European arrest warrants and prison escapes, tabled on 18 March 2009 for answer on 24 March;
	(2)  when he plans to provide a substitution answer to question 265788, on European arrest warrants, tabled on 18 March 2009 for answer on 24 March.

Alan Johnson: holding answer 21 April 2009
	I replied to the hon. Member on 9 June 2009,  Official Report, column 814W.

Parliamentary Questions: Government Responses

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  when he plans to provide a substitution answer to question 265789, on European arrest warrants, tabled on 18 March 2009 for answer on 24 March;
	(2)  when he plans to provide a substitution answer to question 265787, on European arrest warrants and convictions, tabled on 18 March 2009 for answer on 24 March.

Alan Johnson: holding answer 21 April 2009
	I replied to the hon. Member on 9 June 2009,  Official Report, column 815W.

Parliamentary Questions: Government Responses

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he plans to answer Question 270715 tabled on 20 April 2009, on the hon. Member for Ashford; and if he will make a statement.

David Hanson: My hon. Friend, the previous Minister for Policing, Crime and Security (Vernon Coaker), replied to the hon. Member on 8 June 2009,  Official Report, column 713W.

Police: Procurement

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 12 May 2009,  Official Report, column 669W, on police: procurement, what the findings were of the review of police service spending on goods and services; and whether he plans to publish the review.

Alan Johnson: The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) Procurement Portfolio Group, on behalf of the 43 police forces in England and Wales, have now agreed that during 2009-10 the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) will co-ordinate, facilitate and deliver a national approach to managing the top 10 categories of goods and services and top 10 suppliers identified as highest spend. Savings from employing this national approach will be realised within police force budgets over a two-year rolling programme.
	Due to the sensitive commercial nature of data relating to expenditure with suppliers and the fact that negotiations are currently in progress, the financial content of the review cannot be made publicly available at this time. Each police force will make the decision together with their own police authority as to whether their own savings are made publicly available either by police force or by region.

Serious Organised Crime Agency: Manpower

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many full-time equivalent staff were directly employed by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency on 31 March  (a) 2007,  (b) 2008 and  (c) 2009.

Alan Johnson: The number of full-time equivalent staff (budgeted) employed by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) which includes seconded officers was as follows:
	
		
			  As at 31 March each year  Full-time equivalent staff 
			 2007 4040.92 
			 2008 3973.45 
			 2009 3997.41

Terrorism

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 7 May 2009,  Official Report, column 373W, on terrorism, whether counter-terrorism security advisers maintain a record of the names and contact details of those that have received project Argus training.

Alan Johnson: Delegates at each event are invited to complete feedback forms which request them to provide their names and other contact details. This information may be used to undertake necessary follow-up action on protective security and to improve future Argus events. However, in general, police counter-terrorism security advisers maintain records on a long-term basis only of the names of the businesses (not persons) attending project Argus events.

UK Border Agency: Correspondence

David Winnick: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the UK Border Agency plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 29 April 2009 on a constituent, references M1100646 and B14708/9.

Phil Woolas: holding answer 8 June 2009
	The UK Border Agency wrote to the hon. Member on 28 May 2009.

Jobcentre Plus: Civil Proceedings

Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2009,  Official Report, column 1302W, on Jobcentre Plus: civil proceedings, how many times legal action has been taken against  (a) Jobcentre Plus and  (b) individual Jobcentre staff in each region since 2002; on what basis such action was taken in respect of each case in which legal proceedings have been concluded; and what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of such action.

Tony McNulty: The information requested is not collated centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

New Deal Schemes

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 
	(1)  what assessment she has made of the effect on the New Deal programme of the time taken to announce the preferred bidders for Flexible New Deal contracts; and if she will make a statement;
	(2)  how many preferred bidders for Phase 1 Flexible New Deal contracts had been notified of the fact as at  (a) 27 April,  (b) 4 May,  (c) 11 May and  (d) 18 May 2009; and when she expects to notify the remaining preferred bidders.

Jim Knight: holding answer 1 June 2009
	Jobcentre Plus introduced the refreshed Jobseekers Regime and a range of additional support measures for jobseekers from 6 April 2009. The New Deal contracts take account of these changes, with referrals continuing until the end of June 2009, thereby enabling providers to support customers until the end of September, with the Flexible New Deal contracts due to start in October 2009.
	Between July and September, any customer who has received jobseeker's allowance for six months will have access to additional support and enter the supported Job Search stage of the refreshed regime, with referral to the Flexible New Deal provider six months later if they remain in receipt of jobseeker's allowance.
	Preferred bidders were notified of results of the Flexible New Deal competition on 29 May and we expect to award contracts in good time to begin delivery in October 2009.

Parliamentary Questions: Government Responses

Andrew Selous: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when she plans to answer Question 271324, tabled on 22 April 2009, on 0845 telephone numbers.

Jonathan R Shaw: holding answer 15 May 2009
	The hon. Member's question was answered on 4 June 2009.  Official Report, columns 621-22W.

Parliamentary Questions: Government Responses

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answers of  (a) 20 April 2009,  Official Report, column 117W, on incapacity benefit: voluntary work and  (b) 5 May 2009, Offic ial Report, column 124W, on pathways to work, what the reasons were for the time taken to respond in each case; and if she will make a statement.

Jim Knight: We need to ensure that answers given to Parliament are accurate and robust, and we endeavour to answer all questions as quickly as possible. I would like to apologise to my hon. Friend for the delay in answering her questions in these instances.

Written Questions: Government Responses

Andrew Selous: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when she plans to answer Question 274722, tabled on 12 May 2009, on child maintenance arrears.

Jonathan R Shaw: holding answer 4 June 2009
	I replied to the hon. Member's question on 3 June 2009,  Official Report, columns 535-36W.

Intelligence Services: Publications

Andrew MacKinlay: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 11 May 2009,  Official Report, column 495W, on intelligence services: publication, what facilities the security and intelligence agencies are authorised to afford to persons undertaking research for publications which are not official publications; at what level, and in what circumstances, members of the security and intelligence services are authorised to grant  (a) interviews and  (b) other assistance to such persons; and if he will make a statement.

Gordon Brown: Arrangements governing the release of information into the public domain by the security and intelligence services are in accordance with the requirements of the Security Service Act 1989 and the Intelligence Services Act 1994. Copies are available in the Libraries of the House.

Prime Minister: Official Engagements

Robert Smith: To ask the Prime Minister what his engagements were between 3pm and 8pm on Wednesday 10 June.

Gordon Brown: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for South-West Bedfordshire (Andrew Selous) at Prime Minister's questions on 10 June 2009,  Official Report, column 784W.

Data Protection

James Brokenshire: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made.

Kitty Ussher: The Treasury reported no cases of loss or mishandling of personal information or data to the Information Commissioner during the year ended 30 April 2009.

Members: Correspondence

Michael Spicer: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 12 May 2009 on National Savings, PO reference: 1/72186/2009;
	(2)  when he plans to reply to the email from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 7 May 2009 on interest rate reductions, PO reference: 1/71848/2009.

Ian Pearson: I have replied to the hon. Member.

Public Expenditure

Philip Hammond: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 11 May 2009,  Official Report, column 539W, on public expenditure, if he will publish the forthcoming factual paper on the Barnett Formula before the summer adjournment.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 12 June 2009
	 No decision has yet been made regarding the publication date of the factual paper on the Barnett Formula.

Taxation

Mark Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his most recent assessment is of the application of the Rees Rules on the introduction of retrospective legislation in light of HM Revenue and Customs' announcement of 1 April 2009 on employment loss planning; and if he will make a statement.

Stephen Timms: The Rees Rules continue to provide a useful guide when Ministers consider retrospective legislation and were considered in connection with the announcement I made on 1 April 2009.

Antisocial Behaviour: Fixed Penalties

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 21 April 2009,  Official Report, column 616W, on antisocial behaviour: fixed penalties, how many penalty notices for disorder were issued  (a) in a police station and  (b) on the street in (i) 2002, (ii) 2003, (iii) 2004, (iv) 2005 and (v) 2006.

Jack Straw: Information available to the Ministry of Justice on the number of persons aged 16 and over issued with a penalty notice for disorder (PND) in  (a) a police station and  (b) on the street, in England and Wales, 2004 to 2006 is shown in the following table.
	PNDs were introduced under the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 to provide the police with a simple financial punishment to deal with minor antisocial and nuisance offending either at a police station or on the street. Operational guidance to forces issued by the Secretary of State for Justice sets out the criteria which should be considered by officers in deciding where to issue a PND.
	The PND was made available to all forces from April 2004.
	
		
			  N umber of persons aged 16 and over issued with a penalty notice for disorder in a police station and on the street in England and Wales, 2004 to 2006( 1) 
			   Police station  Street 
			 2004(2) 55,219 6,901 
			 2005 110,432 34,845 
			 2006 125,122 75,634 
			 (1) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (2) The penalty notice for disorder scheme commenced in 2004.  Source: OCJR E and A (Office for Criminal Justice Reform, Evidence and Analysis Unit), Ministry of Justice

Departmental Public Expenditure

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Richmond (Yorks) of 15 May 2009,  Official Report, column 1061W, on departmental public expenditure, for what reason the administration allocation for the Basra post was reduced from £6,800,947 in 2007-08 to £1,426,582 in 2008-09; what categories of cost are now incurred at this post; and how much staff security at the post cost in the latest period for which figures are available.

Ivan Lewis: Since 1 April 2008 funds for major contracts in Iraq have been managed from London as this is more cost-effective. The funds managed at Post are for local running costs.
	The total allocations for London and Posts in Iraq Directorate for financial year (FY) 2007-08 were £39.2 million. In FY 2008-09 total allocations reduced to £36.1 million. The decrease in allocation was because of the renegotiation of major contracts, which led to lower costs while maintaining appropriate levels of security for our staff.
	Costs incurred at Basra include those for security, transport, medical, catering and other life support costs.
	The value of the contracts for security at Basra in 2008-09 was £4.2 million.

Election Observers

Bruce George: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 1 April 2009,  Official Report, column 1196W, on elections: monitoring, if he will make it his policy that the Government provide no less than 10 per cent. of observers to all election observation missions undertaken by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

Chris Bryant: Our policy on OSCE election observation missions will continue to be to provide up to 10 per cent. of observers to all election observation missions, on an ad hoc basis.

Iran: Baha'i Faith

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 5 May 2009,  Official Report, column 45W, on Iran: Baha'i faith, what representations he has made to the Iranian government on the detention of seven Baha'i leaders in Iran since his public statement on 16 February 2009.

Ivan Lewis: We continue to express our concerns to the Iranian Government regarding the treatment and continued detention of the seven Baha'i leaders.
	14 May 2009 marked the one-year anniversary of their arrest and on this date my predecessor as Minister of State, Bill Rammell, issued a press statement in which he urged the Iranian Government to ensure that their lives and rights are protected in accordance with international law.
	The EU, with strong UK support, issued a declaration on 25 May 2009 on behalf of all member states, reaffirming our concern for the Baha'i leaders and expressing wider concerns about the increasing violation of religious freedom in Iran.

Zimbabwe: Embassies

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 15 September 2008,  Official Report, columns 2201-02W, on Zimbabwe: embassies, how much the embassy of Zimbabwe owed in business rates on the latest date for which figures are available; and what steps are being taken to ensure that payment of outstanding business rates is made.

Chris Bryant: The Valuation Agency (VOA) of HM Revenue and Customs is responsible for billing and collection of national non-domestic rates (NNDR). VOA send quarterly statements to all missions, and we continue to work with the VOA to press all diplomatic missions to pay their NNDR bills.
	The embassy of Zimbabwe has not made any NNDR payments in the last five years.
	At the end of the financial year 2008-09, the embassy of Zimbabwe owed a total of £79,883 in national non-domestic rates (NNDR). The embassy's NNDR bill for 2009-10 is £13,531.50. We wrote to the embassy of Zimbabwe in March to highlight their outstanding debts and to remind them of their obligation to pay NNDR. We will continue to press them to settle their debts.

Departmental Data Protection

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made.

Dan Norris: Under the mandatory requirements of the Data Handling Report published on 25 June 2008, DEFRA is required to give a summary report on data breaches reported to the Information Commissioner in our annual resource accounts.
	DEFRA has reported on personal data breaches in 2007-08 in our 2008 Departmental Report and this can be found at:
	http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/deprep/2008/index.htm
	We will be publishing information on personal data security breaches reported to the Information Commissioner for the 2008-09 reporting year before Parliament rises in July. The information is currently being compiled and is to be audited and verified before it is laid before Parliament.

Domestic Waste: Recycling

Chris McCafferty: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 30 March 2009,  Official Report, column 841W, on domestic waste: recycling, for what reason  (a) recycling credits relate only to waste collected in the local authority area and  (b) landfill credits may relate to waste collected in other local authority areas.

Dan Norris: holding answer 23 April 2009
	The purpose of the recycling credits scheme is to pass on to recyclers the savings their recycling made in disposal and collection costs that would have been incurred by the authority. This means the party doing the recycling is paid by the authority where the waste originated.
	The Landfill Tax Credit Scheme is now called the Landfill Communities Fund. It is a voluntary scheme whereby landfill site operators can only claim tax (landfill tax) credits for 90 per cent. of contributions (up to 6 per cent. of their annual landfill tax liability) they make to environmental organisations in support of environmental and community projects. One of the aims of the scheme is to redress some of the disadvantages for those living within close vicinity of a landfill site. The scheme is regulated by Entrust and overseen by HM Revenue and Customs.

World Oceans Day

Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what events his Department  (a) supported and  (b) participated in relating to World Oceans Day on 8 June 2009.

Huw Irranca-Davies: On World Oceans Day, the Marine and Coastal Access Bill had its Third Reading in the House of Lords. This Bill is a ground-breaking piece of legislation that aims to deliver a change in the way the UK manages its marine resources, and sets an excellent example to other nations. The Department also supports numerous events relating to our seas throughout the year.

Abortion

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 23 April 2009,  Official Report, columns 830-32W, on abortion, what the characteristics were of the statistically most likely candidate in  (a) England and  (b) each health authority for an abortion in 2008 in terms of (i) the marital status of the woman, (ii) the age of the woman, (iii) the gestation of the pregnancy, (iv) the number of previous children borne by the woman, (v) the number of previous abortions undergone by the woman and (vi) the legal grounds under which the abortion was performed.

Gillian Merron: The information is shown in the following table.
	
		
			  Most common( 1)  conditions for women having abortions in 2008, by strategic health authority of residence 
			   Marital status  Age  Gestation (weeks)  Number of previous children  Number of previous abortions  Ground 
			 England Single with partner 20 7 0 0 C 
			
			 East Midlands Single with partner 20 8 0 0 C 
			 East of England Single with partner 18 8 0 0 C 
			 London Single with partner 24 7 0 0 C 
			 North East Single with partner 19 7 0 0 C 
			 North West Single no partner 20 6 0 0 C 
			 South Central Single with partner 20 7 0 0 C 
			 South East Coast Single with partner 19 7 0 0 C 
			 South West Single with partner 20 8 0 0 C 
			 West Midlands Single no partner 21 7 0 0 C 
			 Yorkshire and Humber Single with partner 20 8 0 0 C 
			 (1) Statistical mode (highest frequency).   Note:  Ground C: that the pregnancy has not exceeded its 24th week and that the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk, greater than if the pregnancy were terminated, of injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman.

Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds

Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 3 June 2009,  Official Report, column 505W, on mental health services, whether the 3,159 average daily number of available beds in secure units in England includes privately provided beds.

Phil Hope: The data on average number of available beds in secure units in England are for beds in national health service units only and do not include beds provided by the independent sector.

Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds

Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 3 June 2009,  Official Report, column 505W, on mental health services, what the average daily number of available beds in all secure units in England was in each of the last five years.

Phil Hope: Data on the average daily number of mental health secure unit beds, and learning disability secure unit beds in national health service units in England over the last five years are set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Average daily number of mental health and learning disability secure unit beds in NHS units 
			   2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07 
			 Available mental illness 2,064 2,569 2,696 2,807 2,993 
			 Occupancy mental illness 1,867 2,378 2,472 2,545 2,722 
			 Available learning disability 508 514 503 526 516 
			 Occupancy learning disability 482 470 484 502 489 
			  Note:  The definitions of mental health and learning disability secure unit beds, for the purposes of the KH03 annual beds collection, are:  Mental illness—Other ages, secure unit an Age Group Intended of National Code 8 "Any age", a Broad Patient Group Code of National Code 5 "Patients with mental illness" and a Clinical Care Intensity of National Code 51 "for intensive care: specially designated ward for patients needing containment and more intensive management. This is not to be confused with intensive nursing where a patient may require one to one nursing while on a standard ward".  Learning disabilities—Other ages, secure unit an Age Group Intended of National Code 8 "Any age", a Broad Patient Group Code of National Code 6 "Patients with learning difficulties" and a Clinical Care Intensity of National Code 61 "designated or interim secure unit".   Source:  Department of Health Dataset KH03(1). 
		
	
	These figures do not represent the full level of secure services available to the NHS. Some "low secure" mental health services are not consistently defined and may well fall outside the definitions used for this data collection. These figures also show only NHS beds in NHS units and not those commissioned by the NHS and provided by independent sector providers.

Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds

Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 3 June 2009,  Official Report, column 505W, on mental health services, which 10 mental health hospitals had the highest average bed occupancy levels.

Phil Hope: This information is not collected centrally. Information is collected by the Department on average daily bed numbers within individual national health service trusts, but not on average bed occupancy levels within trusts.

Energy Saving Trust

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2009,  Official Report, column 523W, on the Energy Saving Trust, how his Department monitors the annual performance of the Energy Saving Trust; and on what basis the Trust's estimates of annual and lifetime carbon dioxide savings are calculated.

Joan Ruddock: The Energy Saving Trust proposes an annual programme of work aimed at reducing domestic CO2 emissions, which is grant funded by DECC. The trust reports to DECC on a quarterly basis on the progress of the work, including achievements against a number of key performance indicators.
	The Energy Saving Trust undertakes evaluations to assess impact across the range of activities for its main audiences. The evaluations employ rigorous methodologies involving both quantitative and qualitative surveys of target audiences (e.g. consumers), developed with independent evaluation consultancies to determine influence on annual and lifetime CO2 emissions.
	Quantitative evaluation activity takes the form of impact assessments that aim to identify the CO2 savings attributable to Energy Saving Trust activity and the cost of these savings. Impact assessments are undertaken through specifically designed evaluation surveys of a representative sample of audience members to identify actions that have been undertaken as a result of the trust's programme activities. The assessments of CO2 savings are aligned with values used for Government policies (e.g. CERT for energy efficiency measures) wherever possible.
	The above evaluation is supported by qualitative evaluation, the objective of which is to ensure that the trust understands how impacts have been achieved. Lessons learned are then fed into the planning and development of any future activity.

Members: Correspondence

Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Northavon of 21 November 2008, regarding Warm Front grants, sent on behalf of Mr. Hussey.

Joan Ruddock: I replied to the hon. Member for Northavon on 30 March 2009 and apologise for the long delay, which was due to departmental reorganisation.

Members: Correspondence

Michael Spicer: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State plans to reply to the email from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 19 February 2009 on Warm Front.

Joan Ruddock: holding answer 24 April 2009
	I responded to the hon. Member's letter on 30 April 2009, with apologies for the delay.

Warm Front Scheme

Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 5 March 2009,  Official Report, column 1807W, on Warm Front scheme: lighting, on what assumptions calculations using the industry standard software of the carbon abatement accruing from the Warm Front scheme are based.

Joan Ruddock: No assumptions are made in this respect. Under the terms of the Warm Front contract, Eaga is required to calculate the standard assessment procedure (SAP) ratings using SAP2001 (the industry standard software).
	This software does not recognise any contribution by compact fluorescent light bulbs to carbon savings. We are unable to comment on the assumptions on which this software makes calculations as the Department is not the writer of the software.

Departmental Data Protection

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made.

Diana Johnson: Under the mandatory requirements of the Data Handling Report published on 25 June 2008, the Department for Children, Schools and Families is required to give a summary report on data breaches reported to the Information Commissioner in its annual resource accounts.
	The Department for Children, Schools and Families has reported on personal data breaches in the 2007-08 annual resource account and this can be found at:
	www.dcsf.gov.uk/aboutus/reports/
	We will be publishing information on personal data security breaches reported to the Information Commissioner for the 2008-09 reporting year before Parliament rises in July. The information is currently being compiled and is to be audited and verified before it is laid before Parliament.

Special Educational Needs: General Certificate of Secondary Education

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2009,  Official Report, column 279W, on special educational needs: general certificate of secondary education, at how many mainstream schools which had between one and nine pupils with statements of special educational needs no such pupils achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE in 2008.

Diana Johnson: Statistical disclosure rules are operated to protect the inadvertent disclosure of personal information about an individual pupil. For achievement data, the recognised approach is to suppress school level performance information where there are 10 or fewer pupils at the end of key stage 4 in the school.
	That is accepted practice in the published Achievement and Attainment Tables. Following that approach, it would not normally be possible to give school level performance information for schools with 10 or fewer pupils at the end of key stage 4 with statements of special educational needs.
	While naming individual schools would potentially disclose personal information about individual pupils, simply stating the number of schools does not.
	Additionally, in the previous answer, the approach was relaxed slightly to fewer than 10 pupils (rather than 10 or fewer) at the end of key stage 4 with statements of special educational needs.
	There are 26 maintained mainstream schools with more than 10 pupils with statements of SEN at the end of key stage 4, where no pupils with statements of SEN achieved five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent in 2008.
	There are 43 maintained mainstream schools with 10 or more pupils with statements of SEN at the end of key stage 4, where no pupils with statements of SEN achieved five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent in 2008.
	As the number of pupils was over the 10 pupils threshold for those schools, they were named in previous answers.
	There were 2,542 maintained mainstream schools at which between one and nine pupils at the end of key stage 4 had statements of special educational needs in 2008.
	There were 1,279 maintained mainstream schools at which between one and nine pupils at the end of key stage 4 had statements of special educational needs and where no such pupils achieved five or more GCSEs at grade A* to C or the equivalent, in 2008.
	To prevent inadvertent disclosure of personal information, it will not be possible to name those schools in subsequent answers.
	The source of this data is the Achievement and Attainment Tables' database.